Griddle



E. w. HOWE.

GRIDDLE.

NAPPLICATION man SEPT. 16,

Patented June 8, 1920.

wuemtoz NIT E51 2 GRIDDLE.

i I Specification of Letters Patent. 4

Patented June 8, 1920.

, Application filed September 16,- 1919, Serial at. 324,088, Y

To all whom it may concern: 7 I; Y Be'it known that I, EARL W. HOWE, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing 'at Nor- 7 folk, in the county of Norfolk, State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful. Griddle; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description larly adapted for use on fair grounds and other public places where food stuffs, such for instance. as hamburger steak is cooked and sold to the public. Also to provide a griddle of this character having a marginal flange adapted to engage the marginal edge in an opening of a counter or the like, said flange forming means for supporting the griddle as a whole. I

A further object is to provide a griddle comprising a centrally disposed cooking de pression in which hamburger stea-k or the like may be friedand a ledge in a horizontal plane around the cooking depression, on which ledge batches of hamburger steak may be thrown so as to flatten its under side and if so desired its upper side flattened by a cooking tool, such I'or instance as a cake turner, thereby preventing the splashing of grease on the persons adjacent the griddle. The ledge also forming means on which the articles as they are cooked may be disposed for drainage and for display as well as a place for maintaining the cooked article so that they will remain heated.

A further object is to provide a griddle comprising a frying depression, a ledge surrounding said frying depression and a marginal supporting flange, whereby the griddle as a whole may be supported within an opening of the counter or the like, the ledge forming a supporting and draining place on which the articles are deposited after being fried so that the grease from said articles will drain into the frying depression.

l/Vith the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings described and claimed, it' being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is clai ed Without d arting from the spirit of the invention.

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griddle. v i I Fig. 2is .a topplan view of the griddle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal-sectional' View (showing the griddle supported. within an opening. of a, counter or the like.

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' EARL w. HOWE, or NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

1 is, a perspective iviewl of the Referring to the drawings, the numerall designates a griddle which is stamped from a s ngle sheet of sheet metal, or if'so desired the s ame 'may be "castfin one piece.

The griddle 1comprisesside andend walls 2 and 3 which walls are preferably vertical so as to prevent the splashing'of grease as the uncooked material is thrown on the ledge depression 5 the grease in-which the article that is being tried is deposited. Any'grease that may collect on the ledge 4 will drain into the depression 5 thereby preventing the collection of the grease on the ledge A and also preventing, when batches of material 4. In actual practice the walls 2 and 3 are preferably from; three to four inches in before being cooked are thrown. onto the ledge, the splashing of grease on the 'operator orthose who may be adjacent' the .90 follows :The operator griddle and counter. The operation is as deposits the material to be cooked on one of the sides of the ledge 4, which depositing operation will flatten the under side thereof after which he may if heso desires smooth of? the top of the same Thedepression 5 having grease therein, therefore when it is desired to fry the hamburger or any other article the operator removes the uncooked material from the ledge and depositsthe same in the frying depression -5. v After the articles have been tried, they are removed from the depression in the griddle and deposited on the ledge for drainage and display purposes, also for maintaining the articles heated. The articles having been deposited in a cooked condition on the ledge it will be seenthat'thegrease as it drains from the-articles will flow back into the frying depression 5. The ledge will be sufficiently heatedto maintain the articles on display thereon hot so that they can be served as desired.

From the above it will be seen that, v; griddle is provided which is particularly adapted for use on fair grounds and other public places where articles of food are cooked and sold to the public. 'However it is to be understood that the griddle 'may "be used by placing the same on a stove in hotels, boarding houses and o'ther places 7 particularly in places where articles are fried in quantities, maintain-ed heated and served. It will also be seen that a griddle is provided wherein theartic'les cooked will thoroughly drain and the grease that 'drains from the same will flow back into the frying depression. A griddle of this character and design may-be easily, quicklyyand cheaply stamped'from a single piece of sheet metal or if so desired cast in'o'ne pi'ece. The griddle as a whole; is supported by means of its substantially horizontal flanges :6 wlthin an opening 7 of a counter or the like 8 thereby providing means forsupporting the griddle so that its upper face will be substantially flush with the counter.

The invention having been set forth what -is claimed as new and useful is 7 A griddle comprising a frying depression having upstanding vertical walls around its for preventing the splashing of grease as 1 articles of food are depos'ited 'on ntheledge and a flange carried by the last named v vertical Walls whereby the griddle "as a 1 whole may be supported in an bpening over In testimony whereof I have signed my name "to this -specification.

EARL W. news. 

